A319 Launched: The Airbus A319, a 130 passenger shortened derivative of the A320 airliner, has been “market launched” by its manufacturer. Launch customers are now being sought for the aircraft, which will be assembled in Germany by Deutsche Airbus alongside the forthcoming stretched A321. The A320 is assembled by Aerospatiale at Toulouse. This content is

Taaats Tender in Doubt: It is understood that following evidence given in camera by CAA project manager, Dr Rob Edwards, the Parliamentary Public Works Committee has decided not to approve Thompson-CSF as the CAA selected tenderer (refer p41 May 92 AA). Instead it is to recommend that the tendering process be investigated. For those who

A New Era for Australasian Aviation Prime Minister Keating’s sudden decision to bite the bullet and merge Qantas and Australian and follow up with a sale of 100% of the new carrier caught more than just his caucus by surprise. Indeed, though most of the aviation industry had been promotingthe long termlogic of this line

Register Review Fifty four aircraft make up the new allocations section this issue and, although nine of these are reregistrations and one is a restoration, it is a good indication that things may be looking a little better in the aviation industry. The period covered is principally the two months prior to the SAAA Fly